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Working in the Community
- Highlights
Possibly
due to the roots of the club and our base being at Girlguiding Gloucestershire’s HQ and Activity Centre as a club we
are extremely active in the community.
Whilst
not the prime reason for this level of involvement the rewards have been numerous and in forms we did not anticipate!
The high levels of personal satisfaction were anticipated
and we have not been disappointed, however the resultant increase in our club membership, cost effective access to school
facilities, access to advice and support from our Community Sports Partnership, access to additional funding, training etc
have been well beyond our expectations.
Community Action
Badge Update
We now have 8 juniors on the programme and they are achieving their hours quite quickly!
One of the aims of the programme is to encourage volunteering, especially as many organisations are concerned with the lack
of volunteers available. With the long term aim in mind the committee decided to tier the award in a similar fashion to the
Rose & Progress Awards. So after 10 hours the individual will be awarded a White badge, 20 hours a Black and so on. It
was also agreed that the badges should be cloth rather than metal as many of the metal ones (particlarly the Progress Awards)
do not last very long.
Community
Action Badge
Deer Park Archers are proud to announce the launch of their Community Action Badge.
The
club is looking to provide additional enrichment activities for its junior members aimed at personal and social development.
This programme, available to all junior members that meet the eligibility criteria, supports the
club’s vision for both club and individual member development and offers the following potential benefits;
- Builds key skills in communication
and the social skills necessary for success.
- Helps young archers raise their awareness of both themselves and the world they live in.
- Promotes equality.
- Builds confidence and self esteem.
- Helps archers to become more resilient.
- Develops an understanding
of those less fortunate than them.
- Develops skills and motivation helpful to succeed in life.
- Helps members to become more personally and socially responsible.
- Helps to bring out their full potential.
- Promotes our sport and the club in
new areas of the community.
Benefits
In addition to the above Junior members completing a minimum of 10
hours service in support of the programme (in the Archery GB membership year), will
receive a badge, entry onto our club role of honor list and 50% off their following years Club membership fee!
The individual programmes
will be designed around archery related activities designed to impact on the lives of people in the local community. These can include
supporting the delivery of after-school club sessions, delivery of have-a-go sessions to special needs groups, active inclusion,
supporting have-a-go village fete events, specific beginners course programmes, acting as a buddy for new
members with specific needs and support of charity fundraising events. Where possible, involvement in a combination of activities
is preferred.
All activities will be carried out under the guidance of a coach or suitably qualified committee member.
Some or all of the following eligibility criteria will be applicable depending on the project, if individuals do
not currently meet relevant criteria then where possible support will be given to help them to meet them, or an alternative
appropriate project identified.
·
Parent/guardian’s
consent
· Attained a level of maturity and reliability acceptable to the
coaches they would be working with.
·
Attained a competent
level of archery understanding to be able to communicate the basic technique to support have-a-goes, school clubs, beginners
courses etc
· A track record of adhering to all the range safety requirements.
· Where identified successfully complete appropriate training.
This initiative has the full support of the Club Junior Committee and follows a number of pilot activities to establish
the practicality of the proposal. The junior committee will organize a competition to design the cloth badge.
2011 Summer Fetes
We
have supported 3 fetes during the summer, 2 of them we donated all proceeds to the local village/church and all the proceeds
of the third fete were donated to our Levle 1 coach development fund!
These were all excellent opportunities to promote
our sport and we generated a lot of interest in people applying to do beginners courses, not just in Deer Park Archers!
These sessions are an excellent chance to practice the skills to ensure participants have a good introduction to archery.
July 2011 Mass Girlguiding Participation
Competition
We provided 6 coaches for a challenging evening when each coach was allocated 9 randomly selected
guides and given 30 minutes to train them ready for a 'round robin' Head to Head Competition lasting just over 2 hours!
The club provided all the equipment and organised the event, Steph's team won the event winning 4 out of their 5 matches.
Medals were presented to all the individuals in the first 3 teams.
This is a great event not just for the girls
but for the coaches.
Girlguiding Gloucestershire
We have
an excellent relationship with the Girlguiding Centre at Deer Park. We not only provide the majority of activity instructors,
pistols, mountain bikes, climbing, low ropes and of course archery in return for use of the shooting area but we do a lot
more! As well as the obvious support with the archery, equipment etc we provide a lot of manual resources to clear and plant
trees, erect fencing, dig ditches for the mountain bike course etc. Our next project is to clear and widen the bridle path
and we will be providing the use of 4 chain saws and more than 20 members to clear the area. Two organisations working together
for the good of the community!
One thing has become very clear,
if we provide an opportunity for individuals to try our sport AND we coach them well from day one, keep them engaged throughout
their participation, then it is something that appeals to many people regardless if they are considered sporty or not!
A summary
of what we are doing in 2011
Well the answer will be similar to what we did in 2009 & 2010 only more sessions,
more activities and bigger groups! We are in this for the long run so we will continue to develop our activities year on year,
that may be volume but it will definately be quality.
In 2011 we are running more after-school clubs, for example
during the Summer term we are supporting 11 school clubs, some at lunch time, others with 2 clubs running at different venues
at the same time.
We are also supporting even more Active Inclusion events.
As a Club we are leading (and
hosting) major Junior Squad Development Programmes for Junior archers from across the County, using funding that we have applied
for and are happy to share.
As well as running the County Junior Outdoor Championships we are hoping to host the
new County Junior Indoor Championships and the County Field Championships.
We are also running a Level 1 Coaching
programme and continue to have members on County, Regional and National level Committees.
A summary
of what our coaches and members did in 2009. (See also 2010).
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Provided
100’s of hours have-a-goes to Guides, Brownies and Scouts
·
Ran
Sport Unlimited programmes for numerous schools including; Balcarras, Kingshill, Archway, Sir William Romney, Shurdington,
Birdlip, Coberley, Whitminster etc
· Ran in-school time programmes for Balcarras, Sir William Romney,
St Matthews, Powell’s, Henry Box etc.
· Ran an After-School Club at Kingshill.
· Ran courses at Pupil Referral Centres
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Ran
have-a-go sessions for ethnic minority groups.
· Organized the County Junior Archery
Championships and County Junior Squad Training days.
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Organised
and hosted Level 1 Coach training Courses.
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Contributed to the management and
development of the sport at County, Region and National level.
A summary of what our coaches and members did in 2010.
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Running after-school clubs in Archway,
Sir William Romney, Kingshill, Shurdington, KLB, Vale of Berkeley and Balcarras.
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Running Sport Unlimited programmes
at Bourneside, St Matthews, Coberley, Birdlip, Shurdington, Vale of Berkely etc
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Running 6 week beginners courses
at Birdlip, Farmers, Whitminster Centre (Pupil Referral Service Centre). etc
·
Running 4 sessions in support of
the ‘Playground to Podium’ SSP Ability days organized by Active Gloucestershire.
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Running have-a-go sessions for
Special Needs Schools such as Alderman Knight.
· Running 100’s of hours archery for Guides, Scouts etc.
· Running 6 open Beginners Courses for the local community.
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Organising the County Junior Championships
and integrating it with the County Schools Championships and organising Junior County Squad Development Workshops.
Archery
Specific Achievements
In the final analysis we are an archery club, and we are fortunate that our off-the –range successes
have been more than matched by our Archery achievements. Just a few things to mention over the last 6 months.
· Attendance at every club practice sessions up, despite meeting between 3 and 5 times a week.
· Membership significantly higher.
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Top performing club at the County
Indoor Championships and at the County Junior Outdoor Championships.
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3 medal winners at the National
Junior Championships including another British Champion taking our tally to 11 British Junior Champions.
· Winner of the Jack Flinton Archery GB ‘Helping Hand Trophy’.
· Awarded significant amount by Archery GB to support our work in schools.
· Member appointed County Coaching Officer.
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Supporting 5 coaches to gain next
Level up Coaching Qualifications.
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Club has lowest cost of membership
and cost of beginners courses in the County.
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Play a very active management role
at County and National Level always challenging the system and proposing new ideas.
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